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Ark. Code Ann. § 16-120-301

Injury or damage to person committing felony

Acts 1993, No. 588, § 1.

If a person while committing a felony is injured or his or her property damaged, the person who causes such injury or damage shall not be liable for damages nor subject to suit for the injury or damage, provided that:

(1) The person causing such injury or damage has not acted with malice;

(2) The person committing the felony has not clearly retreated from the felonious activity;

(3) The person causing such injury or damage has not prearranged a trap that would automatically inflict injury or damage to any person entering a certain location; and

(4) The act causing the injury or damage was the result of or in response to the commission of the felony.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.